North Carolina State Bar v. Rudisill

CALABRIA, Judge.

The North Carolina State Bar (“the State Bar”) appeals the order of a panel of the Disciplinary Hearing Commission (“DHC”) granting summary judgment to J. Richardson Rudisill, Jr., (“defendant”). For the reasons stated herein, we hold we do not have jurisdiction, and accordingly cannot reach the merits of the case.

On 3 April 2000, Grace Kathleen Urso (“the client”) signed a fee contract for defendant’s services with regard to a domestic divorce. The fee contract provided, inter alia, the client pay “an INITIAL NON-REFUND ABLE MINIMUM FEE of $25,000.00. . . to reserve the…